New Christmas Album from Matthew West - Unto Us: a Christmas Collection Wednesday, November 16, 2016 Unto Us: A Christmas Collection is the brand new full-length Christmas album from award-winning artist and songwriter Matthew West. This new album, which features a number of new compositions along with some of Matthew's biggest Christmas hits, reminds us that God's love and faithfulness is the true reason for the season. The album's title track, "Unto Us," is a congregational anthem that joyfully proclaims the arrival of the Savior, utilizing the words of Isaiah 9:6. Matthew shares, "The song ‘Unto Us’ is really for the church. I’ve led worship ever since I was growing up in my dad’s church, and even though I don’t always write worship songs I had a musical idea that seemed to send this particular song in that direction." We also encourage you to check out "Join the Angels" a fun and joyful celebration of Jesus' birth that calls everyone to join the angels in singing God's praises. Matthew also introduces new arrangements of favorite Christmas classics including a rich and reverent version of "O Holy Night" and a beautiful duet of "Silent Night." Unto Us: A Christmas Collection is now available on iTunes. This album is certain to become a favorite this Christmas season.
MultiTracks Now Available from Yancy's New Christmas Single, Little Drummer Boy Wednesday, November 16, 2016 Family Worship leader Yancy has released a new three-song Christmas single titled Little Drummer Boy just in time for the holidays. Along with the driving title track, Yancy has crafted unique new recordings of the seasonal standard “Silent Night” and the contemporary classic “Emmanuel.” Each song has been placed in a musical setting full of energy and drive, making it easy and fun for the entire family to sing along. From the song selections to the arrangements to the recordings themselves, Yancy has perfectly and effectively designed Little Drummer Boy to be used in multiple types of family and church ministry settings. “One of my greatest passions is providing resources to help a children’s ministry worker help their kids become the worshippers God created them to be,” she shares. “At Christmas or any time of year, I pray kids will clap, jump, sing, and lift their hands in worship and awe of the God we serve.“ As your Children's Worship Ministries are planning for their services, we invite you to check out this new single. Download your own copy today on iTunes.
Christmas MultiTracks Now Available from King of Glory by Daystar Worship Wednesday, November 16, 2016 We are excited to bring you the MultiTracks from Daystar Worship's 2014 Christmas release, King of Glory. This album features new arrangements of popular Christmas favorites such as "Go Tell It On the Mountain" and "Away in the Manger" as well as two all original songs from Daystar Worship: "Joy to the Earth," an upbeat and folky anthem of praise and proclamation, and the album's title track, "King of Glory" which encourages all of creation to unite in worshipping our glorious Savior. The team shares that their goal is to lift high the name of Jesus in their community and around the world and King of Glory does just that as it proclaims the good news of Jesus' birth and rejoices in the light He brought to the world. We encourage you to download your own copy of King of Glory, now available on iTunes and pick up the Original Master MultiTracks as you incorporate these songs into your Christmas services this year.
New Gospel Christmas EP from The Recording Collective Monday, November 14, 2016 The Recording Collective™ is a new project started by the team here at MultiTracks.com with the simple goal of creating recordings that will be a resource to worship leaders and listeners in multicultural congregations around the world. Our goal is to bring musicians and singers together spanning across genres and languages to create highly creative and fresh congregational arrangements that will breathe new life into timeless songs for the Church. The Recording Collective’s first release is a Gospel Christmas EP titled Born is the King featuring Grammy® winning producer/programmer Chris Baker (Israel & New Breed) and vocalists Onaje Jefferson, Charlin Neal, and Christabel Clack. The EP begins with a lively arrangement of the Hillsong Christmas favorite “Born Is the King” which is a great service opener, along with the high-energy “Drummer Boy Medley” which combines “Little Drummer Boy,” “Joy to the World” and a musical vamp on that theme titled “He Brought Joy.” Don’t miss the incredible vocal arrangements on “Gospel Christmas Medley” which fuses “Silent Night,” “The First Noel,” and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” into a seamless arrangement as well as Christabel Clack’s soulful rendition of the Audrey Assad/Chris Tomlin song “Winter Snow.” The album closes with a great rendition of “Christmas Worship Medley” by Israel Houghton that’s become a Christmas favorite for many congregations. It’s our hope that these songs are a blessing to you and your church this Christmas season. Be on the lookout for a full-length Gospel project from “The Recording Collective” in early 2017! Download Born Is the King exclusively on iTunes and MultiTracks.com today and head over to www.therecordingcollective.com for free charts for every song!
Play of the Week - "Because of Your Love" by Chris Quilala Monday, November 14, 2016 We are excited to offer "Because of Your Love" from Chris Quilala's new album, Split the Sky, as this week's "Play of the Week." You'll hear the full instrumentation and will be able to access to the song for free for the entire week through this Sunday, November 20, in our MultiTrack app, Playback. If you've never used Playback, now is a great time to download it for free on the App Store and try it out. What better way to start the week than with some new music?
MultiTracks Now Available from Split the Sky by Chris Quilala Friday, November 11, 2016 Jesus Culture founding member and worship leader Chris Quilala has brought a unique new sound to his debut solo album, Split the Sky. This album was largely influenced by retro pop and futuristic soundscapes and it carries themes of hope, encounter, and the Father's deep desire to have a relationship with us. The title 'Split the Sky' comes from the opening verse of the song "After My Heart" which states, "You split the sky to meet me here and breathe into the atmosphere. You tear the veil to make a way. In holiness I’m face to face." This anthem truly captures the heart of the album as it speaks of God's unrelenting pursuit of us and declares our adoration and total surrender to Him. "Won My Heart" continues on this theme, offering Jesus all that we are as it examines the way He has transformed us with His love. Worshipers will also love "Surrendered" which is a beautiful duet featuring Kari Jobe that praises the sufficiency of the Father's kindness and love. Split the Sky is now available worldwide. Download it today on iTunes and pick up the Original Master Multitracks here at MultiTracks.com.
MultiTracks Available for "Oh Holy Night" by Reyer Tuesday, November 8, 2016 Dutch worship leader and recording artist Reyer is well known for his modern dance remixes of some of today's most popular worship anthems, which have amassed millions of hits on YouTube and are being played in churches and at Christian events all over the world. We are excited to bring you the MultiTracks for his arrangement of the Christmas favorite, "Oh Holy Night." The song opens with a nice ambient atmosphere and introduces pulsing synths and EDM beats, bringing an exciting new sound to this timeless classic. You can pick up your own copy of "Oh Holy Night," now available on iTunes!
MultiTracks Now Available from The Very Next Thing by Casting Crowns Tuesday, November 8, 2016 Multi-Platinum selling and GRAMMY® award winning Contemporary Christian band Casting Crowns recently released their eighth studio album, The Very Next Thing. This latest project offers a collection of intimate songs as well as upbeat, fresh sounding tracks with impactful lyrics centered around identifying and acting on what’s right next to you. Casting Crowns' front man Mark Hall says, "Serving God isn’t this giant dream a year from now. It’s not this thing He’s going to have you do in a month. It’s right now. Following God is the next word of love that I need to speak to somebody, the very next heart that needs to be encouraged. Ministry isn’t on Sunday; it’s not on a stage. It’s you, where you are, doing the next thing God tells you to do.” The Very Next Thing introduces powerful new anthems that are certain to inspire including "One Step Away," which encourages us to embrace Christ's mercy and love and "Oh My Soul" which reminds us that God never leaves us and that we can place our hope in Him. Mark penned the song after being diagnosed with cancer in 2015. He shares "Even when the storm comes, and as shaken as I was, it felt like the storm kept just slamming up against something solid inside of me that wouldn’t let it control me. It was the roots of my faith. It was the truth that I had been soaking in and pouring into others for so many years. I got to speak scripture to myself.” Also included is a new arrangement of Hillsong Worship's "No Other Name." Be sure to check out all of the songs on The Very Next Thing, now available on iTunes and get the Original Master MultiTracks here on MultiTracks.com.